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Jovita Idár (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, political activist and civil rights worker, born in Laredo, Texas in 1885.〔Handbook of Texas Online - Idar, Jovita. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/II/fid3.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.〕 Idár strove to advance the civil rights of Mexican-Americans. Jovita Idár and two of her brothers, Eduardo and Bobby Brown, worked for the newspaper ''La Crónica'' (Chronicles ). The paper, edited and published by their father Nicasio Idár, advocated for civil rights and social justice for Mexican-Americans. Jovita wrote articles under a pseudonym, exposing the poor living conditions of Mexican American workers and supported the Mexican Revolution which started in 1910.〔Pouwels, Joel Bollinger. ''Political Journalism by Mexican Women During the Age of Revolution 1876-1940''. Edwin Mellon Press, 2006, p. 58.〕〔Gutierrez-Witt, Laura. "Cultural Continuity in the Face of Change: Hispanic Printers in Texas". In ''Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage'', Vol. II. (Eds. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and Chuck Tatum). Arte Publico Press, 1996.〕 According to Laura Gutierrez in volume two of ''Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage'', the newspaper ''La Crónica''
Idár earned her teaching certificate in 1903 from the Holding Institute in Laredo.〔Pouwels, ''Political Journalism by Mexican Women''.〕 She taught in a school in Los Ojuelos, located approximately 40 miles east of Laredo.〔Handbook of Texas - Idar, Joavita〕 Idár served as the first president of the League of Mexican Women (La Liga Femenil Mexicanista). It was founded in October 1911 in Laredo to offer free education to Mexican children.〔Villegas de Magnón, Leonor. ''The Rebel''. Arte Publico Press, 1994.〕 Additional goals of the organization were to "unify the Mexican intellectuals of Texas around the issues of protection of civil rights, bilingual education, lynching of Mexicans, labor organizing and women's concerns."〔Lomas, Clara. "Historical Newspapers". In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States''. (Eds. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González). Oxford University Press, 2005.〕 It developed into a social, political and charitable organization for women that in part provided food and clothes to those in need.〔Handbook of Texas Online - Liga Femenil Mexicanista. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/vql1.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-23.〕 She also participated in the Primer Congreso Mexicanista,〔Meier, Matt S. and Margo Gutierrez. ''Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement''. Greenwood Press, 2000, p. 113.〕 an organization dedicated fighting inequality and racism.〔Pardo, Mary S. "Latina Labor and Community Organizers". In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States." (Eds. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González). Oxford University Press, 2005.〕 In 1913 during the Mexican Revolution Jovita and a friend entered Mexico to help care for the wounded along the border region. She later joined a medical group called the White Cross (La Cruz Blanca) which was similar to the Red Cross relief organization.〔Handbook of Texas - Idar, Jovita.〕 After returning to Laredo Idár worked for the newspaper ''El Progreso'' but eventually returned to ''La Crónica''. In May 1917 she married Bartolo Juárez, who worked as a plumber and tinsmith.〔''Laredo Times''. May 27, 1917, page 7.〕 She moved with her husband to San Antonio in 1921. Idár also worked as a newspaper editor and publisher. She founded the weekly paper ''Evolución'' in November 1916 which lasted four years. In 1940 she co-edited the journal ''El Heraldo Cristiano''.〔Villegas de Magnón. ''The Rebel''.〕 Jovita Idár died on June 15, 1946 in San Antonio, Texas. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jovita Idár」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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